Unified medical information management system and method thereof

Abstract

Disclosed is a unified medical information management system and method capable of sharing and utilizing medical information that includes personal diagnosis and treatment information in conjunction with medical facilities and their associated companies, as well as interfacing medical records between the medical facilities and personal communication apparatuses by way of a communication network. The system includes a communication network interface, a plurality of medical facility data terminals storing diagnosis and treatment information of patients, and a medical information managing home system by which the personal diagnosis and treatment information is transferred to oneself from the medical facility data terminal through the communication network interface. The medical facility data terminal transmits coded diagnosis and treatment information in a predetermined message format. The medical information managing home system includes a database storing transmitted diagnosis and treatment information and an exclusive encoding / decoding processor. According to the invention, a patient can manage his own case records and analyzes the validity of the diagnosis and treatment information. If necessary, by providing one's medical information to another medical facility, it is possible to be of benefit in a personal or pedigree-specific medical service and to store and manage technical information useful for development of remedies.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This U.S. non-provisional patent application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Korean Patent Application 2003-85643 filed on Nov. 28, 2003, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention is concerned with medical information management, specifically with a unified medical information management system and method for sharing and utilizing medical information that includes personal diagnosis and treatment records in conjunction with medical facilities and their associated companies, as well as interfacing medical records between the medical facilities and personal communication apparatuses by way of a communication network. [0003] When a person is being treated in medical attention, a medical staff usually manages patient's diagnosis and treatment information by writing it on paper or storing it in a personal computer. The patient takes a prescription from ...

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Benefits of technology

[0013] The present invention provides a unified medical information management system and method for inputting resultant data of diagnosis and treatment by medical facilities into an individual home system and verifying the validity of the result of the diagnosis and treatment by means of an intelligent decision supporting system, which prevents medical accidents in advance.

[0014] The present invention provides a unified medical information management system and method for obtaining statistical materials and resultant data of diagnosis and treatment for serious diseases, as well as offering high-quality medical services to patients, by sharing patients' medical information by way of network communication among medical facilities.

Problems solved by technology

However, the current networking between medical facilities is on a level of just sharing information among medical facilities and does not provide individuals with ways of independently managing personal medical records themselves.

Moreover, it is inconvenience for a patient having more than two diseases to surely inform a medical staff of what kinds of diseases he catches and what kinds of medicines he takes.

Unless such notices are properly conducted, there may be troubles such as a bad effect on the patient or a medical accident.

Further, in case that patient take medicines other than prescribed by a physician, they have the difficulty and inconvenience in verifying whether those medicines are good for their diseases and it may happen the misuses and abuses of medical products and social problems therefrom.

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